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Queensland scientists develop peptide-based drugs that could reduce severity of COVID-19 – ABC News
Queensland scientists develop new drugs that could prevent COVID-19 infection and stop further spread of the virus in patients that have already contracted it.
Queensland scientists have developed two new drugs that could prevent COVID-19 infection and stop further spread of the virus in patients who have already contracted it.
Key points:
- The drugs target the human cells’ response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus
- The research was done using human cells and in gold-standard models of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
- It is hoped clinical trials will start in a few months
The research team at QIMR Berghofer has come up with two separate peptide-based drugs that could be available…
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